Three new Radar features launched today for @cloudflare.social #BirthdayWeek! First: regional traffic data is now available. You can now get a more localized perspective on the impact of events and disruptions on Internet traffic. Learn more at blog.cloudflare.com/new-regional...

Nightly #Internet disruptions have been occurring in Herat, Afghanistan since Monday. Traffic has dropped by more than half each evening between 21:00-08:00 local (16:30-03:30 UTC). MCIT Afghanistan has not provided a reason for these outages. tolonews.com/afghanistan-...

Subscribers of Nayatel experienced a ~90 minute disruption to #Internet connectivity today, due to an outage at an upstream provider. Traffic dropped as much as 57% between ~09:15-10:45 UTC (14:15-15:45 local). radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as23... x.com/nayatelpk/st...

Four days after #iOS26 officially became available, the global share of requests with post-quantum support from iOS devices has grown from just under 2% to 11%. Africa: ~10% Asia: ~12% Europe: ~12% N. America: ~10% Oceania: ~7% S. America: ~12% radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dat...

Damage to three power cables by a contractor caused a multi-hour power outage in #Gibraltar. #Internet traffic begain to fall after 11:15 UTC, dropping as much as 80%. It returned to expected levels around 18:30 UTC. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/gi?d... x.com/Gib_Elec/sta...

The share of request traffic with post-quantum support from Apple iOS devices has more than doubled since iOS 26 was made available for download yesterday. Although still low, we expect continued growth as more devices are updated over the coming days. radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dat...

Multiple reports of a brief #Starlink outage earlier this morning corroborated by a significant drop in HTTP requests between 04:00-05:00 UTC. Large burst of #BGP announcements seen at that time as well. Announced IP address space also saw some shifts. radar.cloudflare.com/routing/as14...

Keep an eye on radar.cloudflare.com/adoption-and... next week as Apple releases their latest OS upgrades - we expect to see Post-Quantum adoption grow!

South African Internet provider RSAWEB acknowledged an issue that is impacting FTTx and Enterprise connections on their network, resuling in a complete outage. Internet traffic from the network dropped to zero at 15:00 UTC. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as37... x.com/RSAWEB/statu...

According to the Cuban Electric Union, an unexpected outage of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric power plant caused a national power outage in #Cuba at 09:14 local (13:14 UTC). The impact is clearly visible in the drop in Internet traffic starting at that time. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/cu?d...

The latest round of scheduled #Internet shutdowns intended to prevent exam cheating in the #Kurdistan region of #Iraq concluded today. Starting 23-Aug, networks including KorekTel, IQ Online, KNET, and Newroz Telecom were impacted. Shutdown days marked with an ❌ in the graph.

By mid-2025, training drives nearly 80% of AI crawling, while referrals to publishers (especially from Google) are falling and crawl-to-refer ratios show AI consumes far more than it sends back. https://cfl.re/4mXb53n

We are extending AI-related insights on Cloudflare Radar with new industry-focused data and a breakdown of bot traffic by purpose, such as training or user action. https://cfl.re/4lNIVX2

A series of Facebook posts from Aqualectra confirms that #Curaçao is being impacted by a widespread power outage. Starting ~06:45 UTC (02:45 local), #Internet traffic dropped by as much as 86% compared to the prior week. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/cw?d... www.facebook.com/AqualectraUt...

On August 20, Let' s Encrypt switched certificate issuance to use intermediate certificates R12 and R13, retiring the use of R10 and R11. The shift is clearly visible in our Certificate Transparency graphs, starting ~18:00 UTC. community.letsencrypt.org/t/switching-...

Damage to fiber optic infrastructure in the Delmas Area has caused a disruption to #Internet traffic for Digicel Haiti customers. Traffic dropped ~50% between 19:00-19:30 UTC (15:00-15:30 local time). radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as27... x.com/jpbrun30/sta...

#Internet shutdowns are also once again occurring in the non-Kurdish regions of Iraq, intended to prevent cheating on exams. Scheduled daily (except Friday) through September 13, connectivity will be cut between 06:00-08:00 local time (+3 UTC). radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/iq

The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq has again ordered Internet services to be suspended between 6:30 and 7:45 local time (+3 UTC) during the public school exams. These shutdowns are expected every Monday/Wednesday/Saturday until September 8. pulse.internetsociety.org/en/shutdowns...

Swedish power company GEAB reported a power outage affecting all of the island of #Gotland. It began at 21:22 local time (19:22 UTC), and was restored two hours later. #Internet traffic dropped ~30% as the power failed. www.svt.se/nyheter/loka... www.facebook.com/gotlandsener...

Pakistani backbone provider PTCL is experiencing a near-complete outage, with traffic dropping over 90% around 16:10 UTC. Interestingly, traffic to Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 DNS Resolver spiked concurrently with the observed outage. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as17...

A nominal Starlink disruption lasted less than 15 minutes, between 17:40-17:55 UTC. Biggest impacts to traffic were observed in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Nigeria. No word yet on what caused the disruption.

Customers of @ClaroColombia experienced an #Internet diruption for just over a half-hour this afternoon, with traffic falling two-thirds or more as compared to the prior week between 16:45 - 17:20 UTC. AS14080 AS10620 AS26611 www.elcolombiano.com/negocios/cla...

Digital certificates underpin Web security and certificate transparency brings visibility into the millions of certificates issued daily. Our new Certificate Transparency page shares a wealth of data on certificates, CAs, CT logs, and more. radar.cloudflare.com/certificate-... #MerkleTown

AI bots generally crawl for training, search indexing, or in response to a user action. @radar.cloudflare.com now provides a "crawl purpose" perspective on AI bot traffic trends -- see more at radar.cloudflare.com/ai-insights#...

The latest series of partial #Internet shutdowns in #Syria, intended to prevent cheating on high school exams, finished today. These shutdowns targeted mobile providers, limiting the impact. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/sy?d...

A M8.8 #earthquake at 23:40 UTC off the Kamchatka Peninsula in #Russia resulted in a ~50% drop in Internet traffic from the region. #Tsunami warnings have been issued for Japan, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and other Russian regions. www.reuters.com/business/env... x.com/USGS_Quakes/...

Satellite #Internet provider Starlink is currently experiencing a network-wide outage. They have acknowledged the outage, but have not yet provided information on a cause. x.com/Starlink/sta...

Internet shutdowns disrupted connectivity in multiple countries in Q2 2025, as did power outages, cable damage, technical problems, and a cyberattack. See the impacts though a Cloudflare Radar lens at blog.cloudflare.com/q2-2025-inte...

The latest round of #Internet shutdowns in #Syria to prevent cheating on high schol exams is half complete. with three more scheduled through August 3. Exams in some governorates have been rescheduled due to ongoing conflict. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/sy?d...

Two days on, Monday's fire at the historic #Ramses telecom building in Cairo continues to disrupt #Internet connectivity across multiple network providers in #Egypt. Traffic levels remain well below pre-fire levels, and generally lower than the same time a week before.

The recent events show Egypt's very poor ISP market competition and dependence on a dominant local upstream provider is affecting its overall Internet resilience. Read our analysis pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/egypt-i...

The latest round of #Internet shutdowns in #Syria to prevent cheating on exams concluded this morning. In contrast to previous years, only cellular connectivity was shut off this year. The next round, for high school exams, will occur July 13 - August 3. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/sy?d...

A fire at the historic #Ramses telecom building in Cairo Caused an #Internet disruption seen across multiple network providers. The impact began around 14:40 UTC (17:40 local). radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/eg?d... x.com/AlArabiya_En...

A widespread #Internet disruption in #Sudan caused traffic to drop ~50-70% at a country level at 12:00 UTC (14:00 local), with complete outages observed at Sudatel, SDN Mobitel, and MTN Sudan. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/sd?d... x.com/sudan_war/st...

Cloudflare Radar now shows how often a given AI model sends traffic to a site relative to how often it crawls that site. This helps site owners make decisions about which AI bots to allow or block. blog.cloudflare.com/ai-search-cr...

In addition to ongoing exam-related #Internet shutdowns in #Iraq, #Syria has also started to implement shutdowns during elementary & HS exams. However, they are apparently limiting to cell networks this year, resulting in only partial outages. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/sy

#Internet traffic recovery in #Iran contiunues with the apparent restoration of mobile connectivity. Traffic on MTN Irancell and MCCI returned around 05:00 UTC (08:30 local) this morning. However, traffic volumes remain below pre-conflict levels. x.com/HashemiSatta...

#Internet traffic in #Iran has been recovering since Saturday, though recovery appears to be primarily on fixed infrastructure providers. Fixed providers have seen strong traffic growth, while major mobile providers MCI and IranCell remain largely offline.

#Internet traffic in #Iran began to recover around 02:00 UTC (05:30 local) this morning. However, traffic levels remain well below pre-shutdown and pre-conflict levels. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d...

After initial disruptions a week ago, the current #Internet outage in #Iran has now been in place for two full days, with only the “National Information Network” remaining accessible. Follow the latest at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d...

Customers of CenturyLink (Lumen) in the United States are reportedly experiencing a widespread service disruption. Traffic volumes dropped by over 50% around 21:45 UTC. Social media posts suggest that it may be DNS-related. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as20...

#Internet connectivity has once again become unavailable across #Iran, with traffic down ~90% after initially falling at 12:50 UTC (16:20 local time). x.com/Ammir/status...

At approximately 13:50 UTC, Internet traffic from Iran fell by approximately 75% amid reports that Internet connectivity had been cut nationwide. Follow the latest status at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d... x.com/Ammir/status...

Expanding our internationalization to 14 languages, Cloudflare Radar is now available in Russian and Polish. Cloudflare Radar теперь доступен на русском и польском языках. Cloudflare Radar jest teraz dostępny w języku rosyjskim i polskim. radar.cloudflare.com

After a first round of exam-related #Internet shutdowns in late May, the second round started on Saturday, June 14. Intended to prevent cheating, the shutdowns occur 06:00-08:00 local (03:00-05:00 UTC). They are expected to run through July 3. radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/iq

Following Israel's attack on #Iran, #Internet access has been disrupted across multiple network providers. Just after 07:00 UTC (10:30 local), traffic from the country dropped by nearly 60%. Follow the latest status at radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ir?d...

An #Internet outage in #Syria is reportedly affecting ADSL networks across multiple provinces. We observed a drop in traffic at 8:15 UTC. A concurrent drop in annc. IPv4 space, combined with an observed increase in DNS resolver requests, has also been seen in the past during intentional shutdowns.

Yesterday, during the clash between Elon Musk and Donald Trump on X and Truth Social, global DNS traffic to both platforms surged, and was 20% higher than the previous week at 20:00 UTC. Truth Social was up 268% and X up 20%, with elevated levels continuing for hours.

Apparent #Internet shutdowns have also been observed at IQ Online, KNET, KorekTel, and Newroz Telecom in the #Kurdistan region of #Iraq from 06:30-07:30 local (03:30-04:30 UTC) on June 1 & June 4. Similar to past years, these shutdowns are also believed to be exam-related.

Two weeks of government directed #Internet shutdowns in #Iraq, intended to prevent cheating on exams, appear to have concluded. Impact visible in traffic volumes from the country, as well as in routing data and in queries to our 1.1.1.1 Resolver. See more at radar.cloudflare.com/iq?dateStart...